Talk:Kde domov můj

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Is there any particular reason why we have a Swedish translation here? Does the song have some significance in Sweden as well? (I doubt it, but you never know.) --Camembert


 * No idea, but I translated the Sweedish translation to English. Since I don't know Sweedish, it might be a little inaccurate... &#1603;&#1587;&#1610;&#1662; Cyp 16:57 14 Jun 2003 (UTC)


 * I added some missing words... I am guessing the Swedish translation wasn't that accurate from the beginning. :) -- Jniemenmaa 17:09 14 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Hello, as a natural born Czech I have just made some upgrade to the information content. -- M.J. 1:20 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Where
If the Czech anthem is "Kde domov můj", then does that make the Slovak anthem "Gnome domov můj"? --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 19:37, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

English translation
I am not a native English speaker but I dare to say, that translation Waters roar across the meadows (Voda hučí po lučinách) is wrong. --a.c. 07:25, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

I've checked this with my Slovak partner and she says hučí is definitely roaring as in the loud noise that waterfalls or rapids make - it is NOT murmuring as in a gentle brook.


 * I never understood the Czech verse "voda hučí po lučinách" in this meaning. --a.c. (talk) 18:18, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Jrynik: While mead may be an archaic English term for meadow, it is not used today. Today mead means the drink from honey (Medovina in Czech) and most people would have to look it up to find that it actually meant meadow too. If a single syllable word is really needed here to make is scan it would be better to use fields but lučína from louka (also archaic) is definitely meadow. -- JohnGH (talk) 10:22, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

I think definite articles in the English translation need to be removed and replaced (where applicable) with indefinite ones. I.e. Water roars across meadows, Waters murmur across meads A garden is glorious with spring blossom, Bloom of spring shines in an orchard —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.48.112.14 (talk) 02:38, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

[I accidentally put this under a totally wrong section at first...sorry 'bout that!]

English is a tricky language. I think the question of when to use an article is a complicated one, but figuring out which of the numerous prepositions should be used in what context can be just as baffling as choosing amongst the countless inflections that people complain about so much in regard to classical Latin & Greek. I can't come up with any rules that might help, unfortunately.

I have 2 recommendations/requests, if any of our bilingual friends out there know both Cžech and English well enough to be able to pull it off:


 * 1) pronunciation of the Cžech lyrics, written in IPA, but preferably with a recording too (is it just me or does pronunciation often get neglected in translations?); it's rather hard to sing something in a foreign language when you can't pronounce the words correctly (especially if practically everyone in your chorus has a really horrible American accent! :) )


 * 2) a "real" (precise, word-for-word) Cž -> Eng translation — I think it is important to understand what the individual Cžech words mean literally, not just the "sense" of the song overall.

Thanks! Mia229 (talk) 15:36, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

German Translation?
Why? Of what relevance is it? The original song is in Czech and the English translation exists for the reader of the English Wikipedia to understand the lyrics. What's the German version's excuse? Can we add a Korean and Arabic translation too? I am removing it if nobody gives a good reason for it being here. The DominatorTalkEdits 03:29, 12 May 2009 (UTC)


 * That was an official translation between 1918 and 1938, as stated in Czech version of this page. I suppose that was because of a large German minority, so they could sing their anthem in their native language. Same goes for the Hungarian version. Tel3ke (talk) 21:20, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

please add the info
to List of anthems of UN member states.--GDibyendu (talk) 09:49, 6 August 2009 (UTC)


 * It's already there. — Emil J. 14:47, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Removed Hungarian translation
I removed the Hungarian translation of the original version, as it was an unedited machine translation of low quality, down to the point that several English words remained untranslated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.134.59.169 (talk) 15:42, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

It still is... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.201.64.225 (talk) 06:44, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Re-removed it. Before someone decides to add it back, pretty please find someone who actually speaks Hungarian and can verify that the translation makes sense. Csaboka (talk) 14:25, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

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Official English translation
What maks this translation "official"? And what is the copyright status of this translation? The text was deleted in English Wikisource because of unclear copyright. -- Jan Kameníček (talk) 17:39, 30 January 2023 (UTC)